Edinburgh Waterfront

Middle Pier

Irn Bru Bottle

 

 

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Fence on Middle Pier  -  June 2004

Edinburgh Waterfront - Fence with Irn Bru bottle on Middle Pier - 22 June 2004

© Copyright: Peter Stubbs  -   please contact peter.stubbs@edinphoto.org.uk                                  Photograph taken at 22 June 2004

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Fence on Middle Pier  -  August 2004

Edinburgh Waterfront - Fence with Irn Bru bottle on Middle Pier - 3 August 2004

© Copyright: Peter Stubbs  -   please contact peter.stubbs@edinphoto.org.uk                                  Photograph taken at 5 August 2004

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Fence on Middle Pier  -  August 2004

Looking from Granton Middle Pier across the building work at Western Harbour with the one remaining gasometer in the background - with the Irn Bru bottle still wedged into the fence.

© Copyright: Peter Stubbs  -   please contact peter.stubbs@edinphoto.org.uk                                  Photograph taken at 5 August 2004

Edinburgh Waterfront

Middle Pier

Irn Bru Bottle

Photo 1

Here we look to the west from Middle Pier across the expanse of Western Harbour, now a large building site.  On the far left are the two remaining gasometers of Granton Gas Works.

The fence to which an Irn Bru bottle has recently been added is beside the Coastguard's office in Middle Pier.  It separates Middle Pier from Western Harbour.

Photo 2

Picture 2 was taken about six weeks after picture 1.  The Irn Bru bottle is still in the fence, but is looking rather faded now, and both gasometers are still in place, though barely visible through the mist, to the left of the bottle.

Question

 Which will survive the longest in this scene, the Iron Bru bottle or the gasometer?  The gasometer is due to be demolished in early August.

Answer

Photo 3

The Irn Bru bottle has survived the longest.  See Picture 3.

      

The 'Irn Bru' Bottle

Iron Bru is a sweet fizzy soft drink, popular in Scotland, and said by some to be a good cure for hangovers.  The drink is bright orange, and made by A G Barr of Glasgow.

The drink was first produced in 1901 under the name Iron Brew, and for many years used the advertising slogan: 'Made in Scotland from Girders'.

Amongst my own photography of  People at Work in Scotland, since 1990,I have built up a collection of photos of Irn Bru bottles left around industrial sites.  I never move the bottles, but just photograph what I find.

 

 

 

 

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